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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1952)
4 The Chemawa American SPORTS REVIEW victory over the Salem Sophomores. This game saw the score tied at 52 all with but 20 seconds to go. Bill Shillal taking cool aim fired a two- pointer from 40 feet out that gave us the win 54-52. Our league finish showed us as having 7 wins and 9 losses. In the county tournament at Stay ton we had the ill-fortune to draw Gates in the first round of play. How ever, the boys played hard and the game saw Gates victorius by a score of 53-45. Bad free shooting hindered us considerably and but for that we may have fared better. FOOTBALL The football team at Chemawa en joyed a very lackluster season as far as wins and losses go. The team played a total of seven games, los ing six and winning one. The seas on started poorly when we went to Silverton Sept. 12 and were soundly beaten 41-0. Next we traveled to Stayton losing there by a score of 27-2. The following Friday we jour neyed to Mill City and with the girls watching and cheering, Cliff Case kicked an all important point for a 13-12 win. This proved to be the only successful venture, the follow ing Fridays being a series of losses. First to Jefferson 47-6, then Sublimity 26-12, then Gervais 28-0, and finally the Salem J. V's 35-0. BASKETBALL BASEBALL Chemawa's bats and gloves came out of moth balls early in March in preparation for our first league en counter with Gervais. Our early sea son preparedness was not enough however and they topped us by a score of 8-0. We then journeyed to Gates and battled them at Mill City. We still weren't fully prepared be cause we took it on the chin 9-2. The following Tuesday saw us at home and our opponent was Jefferson. Blasting out a ten-hit attack, and getting some fine pitching we grabbed out first league win 8-3. Our next opponent was St. Paul whom we handily walloped 17-6. Detroit then came to Chemawa, and with Pat Marin chucking a one hit ter we were victorious 10-0. The following Friday we traveled to Mill City for a night game which saw us revert to early season form and lose 11-4. In the final game of the season we whipped Sublimity 11-3. Chemawa basketeers hit the court some fifty strong in the middle of November. The first action for the boys was the Marion ’ B league jamboree Dec. 3. It was our fate to again draw Gates, and in our ten minutes of playing time we lost by a score of 14-10. The regular season started with Falls City as our opponent. We trav eled io the Mountaineer's gym and lost 49-43. They came down to our place next and beat us again 35-20. TRACK Our first league fracas saw us Hurdles, vaulting poles, shot put, lock horns with Jefferson, and in the • and all the other track gear ap last minute they dumped in a basket peared on the Chemawa scene in to win 39-38. We then traveled to the middle of March. A fine repre Mill City where we again took it on sentation of boys turned out and they prepared for their first meet, the chin 49-39. Then hieing ourselves the Willamette Relays. In this affair to the Deaf School we finally got in none of our boys placed but a great the win column with a 53-50 triumph. deal of experience was gained. Then Next Gates traveled to Chemawa Gervais and Mill City came to Che mawa for the first league meet. The and beat us 62-42. We then went to final totals showed our boys the St. Paul and annexed another win bottom men, with Gervais having 70 by a 37-30 count. Detroit then came points, Mill City 35, and Chemawa to Chemawa and we collected an 19. The following week we traveled other win topping them by a score to the Deaf school and were again beaten. This time O.S.D. had 67 of 54-46. Our next playing date saw points, Mill City 43, Chemawa 34. us travel to Gervais where we col Our next meet saw Jefferson here lected a very satisfying 58-35 win. and the track team finally found The rest of the year saw us playing itself with a convincing total of 70 points to Jefferson's 45, and St. Paul's at about the same rate with wins 19. The boys are now industriously over all those that have been men preparing themselves for the district tioned in the second round of league meet which will be held in Salem play. Plus a hard earned non-league May 9 and 10. WE ARE LEAVING EARLY Our school will soon be closed for we have reached the end of another school year We will all be going home in a short time. The Navajo students are leaving early because we started school on Sept. 4. The students in the regular program did not begin their school work until Sept. 10, so we will be the first ones to leave for home. I want to mention a few things about the wonderful time we have had in our school activities during this past year. We have had many fine movies, parties, sports, and other things. We have enjoyed all our school activities and we have made lots of friends among the reg ular students. We don't like to leave them, but we must return to our homes for a short while. We also are sorry we are not going to be here on May 16th. We wish we could stay for another week and see the graduation exercises, for we know the Class of '52 will have a grand time on that day. Of course, we know we are going to be glad to see our folk again and have a good time with them. Good-bye, until next September. —Forrest Adison. ALL STATE Two boys, Chuck Sampson and Rodney Davis, from The Chemawa Indian School, have been picked to play an All State football game at Pendleton, Oregon, on August 30th. The players have been chosen from the graduating classes of '52. One squad will represent east of the Cascades and one squad Western Oregon. BAND On February 15th the members of the Chemawa band went to the Sa lem high school auditorium to hear Rafael Mendez, the world's greatest trumpet player. After hearing him it gave us a new goal which we will all try to reach. Everyone enjoyed Rafael Mendez's playing.
